The Obama administration on Thursday announced an arms deal with Saudi Arabia valued at nearly $30 billion, an agreement that will send 84 F-15 fighter jets and assorted weaponry to the kingdom.
The administration notified Congress last year of its intent to sell advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia, a key U.S.

Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepersThe Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More

Republicans to back Obama's student loan planHouse Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More

U.S. Senate Narrowly Defeats Bid To Block Some Saudi Arms SalesThe Trump deal reversed a decision by former President Barack Obama to withhold sales of precision-guided munitions to Saudi ... a Saudi air strike on a funeral in Yemen last year killed more than 140 people. While Trump has touted the arms sales as ...06/14/2017 - 4:39 am | View Link

U.S. arms sold to Saudis are killing civilians in Yemen. Now the Trump administration is set to sell them moreBut the hold was lifted last month, when President Trump announced a $110-billion package of proposed military ... “With all the arms they have given to Saudi Arabia, the Saudis have achieved nothing after more than two years but killing civilians ...06/13/2017 - 6:53 am | View Link

Al-Yamamah arms dealAl Yamamah (Arabic: اليمامة The Dove ‎‎) is the name of a series of a record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, which have been paid for by ...09/23/2017 - 3:03 am | View Website

Trump administration sells out America to Saudi ArabiaThis is the title of an article I would have written had a Democrat president engaged in the same obsequious behavior to the Saudis over the weekend.09/19/2017 - 5:59 am | View Website

U.S. arms sold to Saudis are killing civilians in Yemen ...U.S. arms sold to Saudis are killing civilians in Yemen. Now the Trump administration is set to sell them more06/13/2017 - 1:46 pm | View Website

Trump Completes $109.7 Billion Arms Deal With Saudi ArabiaThe White House announced on Saturday that US President Donald Trump “has just completed largest single arms deal in US...05/21/2017 - 8:23 am | View Website

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A gas line has been hit in the Westside Avenue Action Plan construction side on Manitou Avenue, the El Paso County information office tweeted.
Manitou Avenue is closed between Beckers Lane and the U. S. 24 interchange. The county expects the line to be fixed by early afternoon.
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The emergency contraceptive drug that can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, commonly known as Plan B, has no age restriction and has federal approval for sale on pharmacy shelves.
Yet in Colorado, researchers found the “morning-after pill” isn’t always as accessible as law allows.
Researchers from the University of Colorado medicine and pharmacy schools asked for the emergency contraception at 633 pharmacies across the state — in urban, rural and frontier towns — in 2014 to find out how easily they could buy it.
More than half of the pharmacies that carried the drug — 56 percent — said an ID was required for purchase, despite that there is no such legal requirement.
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GRAND JUNCTION — An arrest affidavit says a Colorado patrol deputy pulled over a white Penske moving truck when — from inside his own vehicle — he smelled marijuana.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports a Mesa County sheriff's deputy stopped the driver on a speeding violation Monday, only to find 3,100 pounds of pot.
A Mesa County prosecutor says the amount would retail at more than $1 million on the street.
Driver Sinh Chan Hoang and passenger Larry Tran, both of California, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
Public Defender Scott Troxell says he doesn't know much about Hoang, who was unable to communicate with pre-trial services staff without
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Tuesday with Cuba's top diplomat, U. S. officials said, as the United States is seeking answers about mysterious "attacks" on its diplomats in Havana. Tillerson's meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is believed to be the highest-level diplomatic